St Kilda<\/a>\u00a0has always meant many things to many people. It\u2019s a suburb that makes space for diversity and difference and, although its reputation for accommodating the more colourful side of life has ebbed and flowed over its history, it\u2019s also rightly feted as a place that helps to define Melbourne\u2019s soul.<\/p>\n Maybe you saw Nick Cave at the infamous Crystal Ballroom at the Seaview Hotel in the 1970s. Maybe you marvelled at Darrel Baldock playing for the Saints at the Junction Oval in the \u201960s. Maybe you spotted Mirka Mora painting the walls of the Tolarno Hotel. Or, perhaps you took a room for a night or a week at the Oslo.<\/p>\n Up on the rise of Grey Street, the majestic building began life in 1859 as five elegant, three-storey terraces before conversion to budget accommodation and backpackers\u2019 hostel. The old darling fell into decline and disrepair, which is where this year\u2019s intrepid Blockheads come in.<\/p>\n READ MORE VIA DOMAIN\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n